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Distance is a numerical or occasionally qualitative measurement of how far apart objects, points, people, or ideas are. In physics or everyday usage, distance...

Action at a distance is the concept in physics that an object's motion can be affected by another object without the two being in physical contact; that...

distance is a string metric for measuring the difference between two sequences. The Levenshtein distance between two words is the minimum number of single-character...

computing distances between different types of objects, such as the distance from a point to a line. In advanced mathematics, the concept of distance has been...

"From a Distance" is a song by American singer-songwriter Julie Gold, initially penned in 1985. Gold's friend Christine Lavin introduced the song to Nanci...

Action at a distance is an anti-pattern in computer science in which behavior in one part of a program varies wildly based on difficult or impossible...

In the Distance is a 2017 novel by writer and professor Hernán Diaz. The story recounts the life of Håkan, a Swedish emigrant who is separated from his...

Long-distance running, or endurance running, is a form of continuous running over distances of at least 3 km (1.9 mi). Physiologically, it is largely aerobic...

Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at school, or where the learner...

A distance transform, also known as distance map or distance field, is a derived representation of a digital image. The choice of the term depends on...

The Distance may refer to: The distance (boxing), type of boxing match "The Distance" (The O.C.), a second season TV episode of The O.C. "The Distance" (The...

Pupillary distance (PD), more correctly known as interpupillary distance (IPD) is the distance in millimeters between the centers of each pupil. Distance PD...

Middle distance may refer to: Middle-distance running, the act of running over a distance of between 800 and 3000 metres Middle-distance swimming, the...

At a Distance, Spring Is Green (Korean: 멀리서 보면 푸른 봄) is a 2021 South Korean television series adapted from the webtoon of the same name. It aired on Mondays...

long-distance in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Long distance or Long-distance may refer to: Long-distance calling Long-distance operator Long-distance relationship...

information theory, the Hamming distance between two strings or vectors of equal length is the number of positions at which the corresponding symbols...

Earth–Moon distance, or distance to the Moon, is the distance from the center of Earth to the center of the Moon. In contrast, the Lunar distance (LD or Δ...

A triathlon is an endurance multisport race consisting of swimming, cycling, and running over various distances. Triathletes compete for fastest overall...

classified as a middle-distance event. The 1500 m came about as a result of running 3+3⁄4 laps of a 400 m outdoor track or 7+1⁄2 laps of a 200 m indoor...

computational linguistics and computer science, edit distance is a string metric, i.e. a way of quantifying how dissimilar two strings (e.g., words) are...